The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
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61% of users liked it
(1,528 ratings)
In The Hallelujah Trail, Lee Remick plays temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who is determined to halt a shipment of whiskey headed for Denver. The shipment is being escorted by the US cavalry, under the guidance of Col. Thadeus Gearhardt (Burt Lancaster). As the Denver miners thirstily… More In The Hallelujah Trail, Lee Remick plays temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who is determined to halt a shipment of whiskey headed for Denver. The shipment is being escorted by the US cavalry, under the guidance of Col. Thadeus Gearhardt (Burt Lancaster). As the Denver miners thirstily await the precious booze, Gearhardt must fend off not only Cora and her minions, but a bibulous tribe of Sioux warriors, headed by Chief Walks-Stooped-Over (Martin Landau)-not to mention an outsized sandstorm. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Sturges
- Written By
- John Gay
- Genres
- Western, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 23, 1965 Wide
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Hung out to dry with nowhere to go but in quicksand.
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Cast
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Burt Lancaster
as Col. Thadeus Gearhart
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Lee Remick
as Cora Templeton Massingale
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Jim Hutton
as Capt. Paul Slater
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Pamela Tiffin
as Louise Gearhart
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Donald Pleasence
as Oracle Jones
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Brian Keith
as Frank Wallingham
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Martin Landau
as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over
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John Anderson
as Sgt. Buell
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Tom Stern
as Kevin O'Flaherty
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Robert J. Wilke
as Chief Five Barrels
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Jerry Gatlin
as First Brother-in-Law
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Larry Duran
as Second Brother-in-Law
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Jim Burk
as Elks-Runner
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Dub Taylor
as Clayton Howell
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John R. McKee
as Rafe Pike
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Helen Kleeb
as Henrietta
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Noam Pitlik
as Interpreter
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Carl Pitti
as Phillips
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Bill Williams
as Brady
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Marshall Reed
as Carter
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Ted Markland
as Bandmaster
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Buff Brady
as Bilkins
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Bing Russell
as Horner
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Karla Most
as Mary Ann
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Elaine Martone
as Loretta
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Hope Summers
as Mrs. Hasselrad
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Whit Bissell
as Hobbs
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Val Avery
as Denver Bartender
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John Dehner
as Narrator
- James Burke
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William 'Billy' Benedict
as Simpson